Bobby pin dispenser



Nov. 27, 1956 N. 1.. SOLOMON 2,771,887

BOBBY PIN DISPENSER Filed Oct. 19, 1954 Ticil.

INVENTOR. NATHAN L. SOLOMON BOBBY PIN DISPENSER Nathan L. Solomon,Englewood, N. J.

Application October 19, 1954, Serial No. 463,204

6 Claims. (Cl. 132-1) This invention relates to devices for dispensingbobby pins one at a time and in automatically opening the pin in theoperation of discharging the same from a suitable holder to facilitateimmediate use of the bobby pin. More particularly, the invention dealswith a holder having means facilitating mounting or loading of bobbypins therein.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from thefollowing description, when taken together with the accompanyingdrawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosedand, in which, the separate parts are designated by suitable referencecharacters in each of the views and, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a holder made according to my invention,indicating the parts in a position opening a bobby pin, preparatory todischarging the same from the dispenser.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the upper portion only ofthe dispenser showing the parts in the normal position.

Fig. 3 is a view, similar to Fig. 2, showing the parts in the positionshown in Fig. 1 and also illustrating part of the lower structure of thedispenser, portions of the dispenser being broken away.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detailed view illustrating the position of theparts substantially at the time of ejection of a bobby pin from thedispenser; and

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, I have shown a bobby pin dispenser comprising a mainhollow body or casing part 10, having a slightly enlarged upper endportion 11, forming a shoulder 12, against which an outer closing sleeveor shell 13 abuts, suitable means being provided to frictionally holdthe sleeve or shell 13 in position upon the casing 10. The hollow casinghas an opening extending through upper and lower surfaces thereof forpassage of bobby pins upwardly through the casing, as later described.

Fitting into the lower portion of the shell 13, as noted in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing, is a bottom closure or cover 14, having centrally thereof,means, as at 15, for anchorage of one end 16 of a flat coil spring 17,the upper end 18 of the spring 17 being horizontally flat and adapted tobear upon the lowermost bobby pin 19 of a group housed within the casing10.

Opposed side walls of the body or casing have elongated openings, one ofwhich is seen at 20 in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing. These openingsprovide clearance for fingers of a hand in the mounting of bobby pins inthe casing when the cover 14, including the attached shell 13,

are removed.

In the upper end of the casing or body 10 is a recess 21, in which ismounted a spring member 22, this member being suitably fixed in an endwall of the body, as seen at 23, and extends substantially the fullwidth of the casing or body and is freely movable in the recess 21, atleast at its end portion 24. The member 22 has an elongated aperture 25,in which the neck portion 26 of a sliding ejector button or fingerpiece27 operates. This button or fingerpiece has a head 28 on the undersideof the member 22 retaining the parts against displacement. By fiexure ofthe spring member, assemblage of the button or fingerpiece 27 therewithis accomplished. The button or fingerpiece 27 forms the ejector elementfor ejecting bobby pins 19 one at a time from the upper portion of thecasing. The ejector element, or button, is normally positioned on thespring member 22 in spaced relation to the uppermost bobby pin, as seenin Fig. 2 of the drawing, to allow the uppermost bobby pin to come inthe path of the button for ejection from the casing.

Considering Fig. 1 of the drawing, it will appear that one end wall ofthe casing includes an inwardly extending substantially V-shaped rib 29,upon which the end portions 30, 31 of the bobby pin bear, as the pinsare moved toward the upper end of the dispenser by the spring 17, itbeing understood that the end 31 is disposed on one surface of the rib29; whereas, the end 30 is disposed on the other surface thereof.

The top of the ribbed end wall of the casing has means for guiding thedischarge of bobby pins, said means com prising an angular recess 32,the surface of which is bevelled, as seen in Fig. l. The upper surfaceof the rib 29, is bevelled as indicated at 33 in Figs. 2 and 4 of thedrawing, so that the looped end 34 of the bobby pin, as well as the head28 of the ejector button 27 can ride up over the surface 33 in thedischarge of the bobby pin. In this latter operation, it will beunderstood that the spring member 22 yields outwardly, in the mannerdiagrammatically shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

After discharging a bobby pin, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4, theelement 27 is moved backwardly along the member 22 to the position shownin Fig. 2 of the drawing; whereupon, the spring 17 will move the nextsuccessive bobby pin or the end portion 34 thereof in position to beengaged by the head 28 of the element 27 in picking up said bobby pinfor discharge from the casing, in the manner described. In the beginningof this operation, it will be understood that the advance movement ofthe bobby pin will gradually spread the ends 30, 31 thereof until theyreach a position, substantially as diagrammatically shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing, after which, the pin is dispensed and, in the dispensingoperation, the ends 30, 31 will be brought together, as with otherdevices of this type and kind.

It will be apparent that, upon removal of the cover 14 with the attachedsleeve 13, reloading of the dispenser can be performed in a quick andsimple manner, the only requirement being to position the rib 29 betweenthe normally flared ends 30, 31 of the closed bobby pins.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bobby pin dispenser, comprising a casing having an enlarged topportion, the lower portion of the casing having side openings forreception of fingers of a hand, the casing having a chamber extendingtherethrough for reception of bobby pins, one side wall of the chamberhaving an inwardly extending rib substantially V-shaped incross-sectional form and, upon which, pre-arranged and alined flared endportions of bobby pins placed in the casing are arranged and guided bysaid rib in movement of the pins through said casing, a sleevedetachably mounted on the lower end portion of said casing, said sleevehaving a cover closing the lower portion of the chamber through saidcasing, a flat coil spring fixed to the cover and extending into thecasing chamber to urge bobby pins in the direction of the upper end ofsaid casing, an elongated spring member mounted in the upper end of thecasing and extending substantially the full width thereof, said springmember having an elongated aperture, an ejector element slidably mountedupon said spring and protruding above the upper end of the casing, saidelement being adapted to engage an uppermost bobby pin supported in thecasing in movement of the pin in its entirety through the ribbed side ofthe casing, and the upper end of the ribbed side of the casing havingmeans to clear and guide a bobby pin discharged from the casing by saidejector element.

2. A bobby pin dispenser, comprising a casing having an enlarged topportion, the lower portion of the casing having side openings forreception of fingers of a hand, the casing having a chamber extendingtherethrough for reception of bobby pins, one side wall of the chamberhaving an inwardly extending rib substantially V-shaped incross-sectional form, and, upon which, prearranged and alined flared endportions of bobby pins placed in the casing are arranged and guided bysaid rib in movement of the pins through said casing, a sleevedetachably mounted on the lower end portion of said casing, said sleevehaving a cover closing the lower portion of the chamber through saidcasing, a fiat coil spring fixed to the cover and extending into thecasing chamber to urge bobby pins in the direction of the upper end ofsaid casing, an elongated spring member mounted in the upper end of thecasing and extending substantially the full width thereof, said springmember having an elongated aperture, an ejector element slidably mountedupon said spring and protruding above the upper end of the casing, saidelement being adapted to engage an uppermost bobby pin supported in thecasing in movement of the pin in its entirety through the ribbed side ofthe casing, the upper end of the ribbed side of the casing having meansto clear and guide a hobby pin discharged from the casing by saidejector element, and the upper end portion of said rib being fashionedto spread side portions of the hobby pin in the operation or" ejectingthe pin by said ejector element.

3. A bobby pin dispenser, comprising a casing having an enlarged topportion, the lower portion of the casing having side openings forreception of fingers of a hand, the casing having a chamber extendingtherethrough for reception of bobby pins, one side wall of the chamberhaving an inwardly extending rib substantially V-shaped incross-sectional form and, upon which, pro-arranged and alined flared endportions of bobby pins placed in the casing are arranged and guided bysaid rib in movement of the pins through said casing, a sleevedetachably mounted on the lower end portion of said casing, said sleevehaving a cover closing the lower portion of the chamber through saidcasing, a fiat coil spring fixed to the cover and extending into thecasing chamber to urge bobby pins in the direction of the upper end ofsaid casing, an elongated spring member mounted in the upper end of thecasing and extending substantially the full width thereof, said springmember having an elongated aperture, an ejector element slidably mountedupon said spring and protruding above the upper end of the casing, saidelement being adapted to engage an uppermost bobby pin supported in thecasing in movement of the pin in its entirety through the ribbedside ofthe casing, the upper end of the ribbed side of the casing having meansto clear and guide a hobby pin discharged from the casing by saidejector element, the upper end portion of said rib being fashioned tospread side portions of the bobby pin in the operation of ejecting thepin by said ejector element, the end portion of the spring memberdisposed over said rib being freely movable toward and from the rib, andthe other end of said spring member being fixed to the other end portionof said casing.

4. A bobby pin dispenser, comprising a casing having an enlarged topportion, the lower portion of the casing having side openings forreception of fingers of a hand, the casing having a chamber extendingtherethrough for reception of bobby pins, one side wall of the chamberhaving an inwardly extending rib substantially V-shaped incross-sectional form and, upon which, pre-arranged and alined flared endportionsof bobby pins placed in the casing are arranged and guided bysaid rib in'movement of the pins through said casing, a sleevedetachably mounted on the lower end portion of said casing,

said sleeve having a cover closing the lower portion of the chamberthrough said casing, a flat coil spring fixed to the cover and extendinginto the casing chamber to urge bobby pins in the direction of the upperend of said casing, an elongated spring member mounted in the upper endof the casing and extending substantially the full width thereof, saidspring member having an elongated aperture, an ejector element sidablymounted upon said spring and protruding above the upper end of thecasing, said element being adapted to engage an uppermost bobby pin inits entirety supported in the casing in movement of the pin through theribbed side of the casing, the upper end of the ribbed side of thecasing having means to clear and guide a hobby pin discharged from thecasing by said ejector element, the upper end portion of said rib beingfashioned to spread side portions of the hobby pin in the operation ofejecting the pin by said ejector element, the end portion of the springmember disposed over said rib being freely movable toward and from therib, the other end of said spring member being fixed to the other endportion of said casing, said spring member being arranged in a re cessof the enlarged top portion, and said ejector element being keyed to andsupported by said spring member.

5. A bobby pin dispenser of the class described, comprising a hollowcasing, means for detachably and yieldably supporting bobby pins in thecasing for movement toward the upper end thereof, an elongated springmember forming a closure for the upper end of said casing and, againstwhich, the uppermost bobby pin is adapted to hear, one end of the springmember being fixed to one top side of the casing, the other top side ofthe casing having means for guiding a bobby pin discharged from thecasing, an ejector element keyed to and movable longitudinally of andwith said spring member, said element being normally positioned on thespring member in spaced relation to one end of the uppermost bobby pinbearing against said spring member in ejecting said uppermost bobby pinfrom the second named upper side of the casing over said guiding means,and said guiding means including means for spreading said-side membersof a hobby pin in the operation of ejecting the same from said casing.

6. A bobby pin dispenser of the class described, comprising a hollowcasing, means for detachably and yieldably supporting bobby pins in thecasing for movement toward the upper end thereof, an elongated springmember forming a closure for the upper end of said casing and, againstwhich, the uppermost bobby pin is adapted to bear, one end of the springmember being fixed to one top side of the casing, the other top side ofthe casing having means for guiding a bobby pin discharged from thecasing, an ejector element keyed to and movable longitudinally of andwith said spring member, said element being normally positioned on thespring member in spaced relation to one end of the uppermost bobby pinbearing against said spring member in ejecting said uppermost bobby pinfrom the second named upper side of the casing over said guiding means,said guiding means including means for spreading said side members of ahobby pin in the operation of ejecting the same from said casing, saidlast named means comprising a rib, substantially V-shaped incross-sectional form, the upper surface of said rib being bevelled tofree the hobby pin from the casing, and said casing having aperturedsides facilitating mounting of bobby pins in the casing.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,250,303 Katz July 22, 1941 2,340,894 Morrell -a Feb. 8, 1944 2,439,243Dalkowitz' Apr. 6, 1948 2,633,138 Belisle et al Mar. 31, 1953

